Display-stand.



PATENTED MAY-14, 1,907.

C. S. BOTSFORD. DISPLAY STAND. APPLIOATION FILED FEB. 24. 1906.

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DISPLAY-STAND.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 14, 1907.

Application filed February 24, 1906. SeriaLNo. 302,708.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES SMITH Bors- FORD, a subject of the King ofGreat Britain, residing at Peterboro, in the Province of Ontario andDominion of Canada, have invented new and useful Improvements inDisplay- Stands, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to display stands or racks, the object of theinvention being to provide a simple, neat, attractive, and cheaplymanufactured stand for supporting and dis playing goods and articles ofvarious kinds, the stand embodying a main post or standard and a seriesof supporting arms connected therewith and adapted to be readilydetached therefrom for storage and transportation.

With the above general object in view, the invention consists in thenovel construction, combination and arrangement of parts,

hereinafter more fully described, illustrated and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a displaystand constructed in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is avertical longitudinal section through the same. Fig. 3 is a plan view ofthe base of the stand. Fig. 4 is a detail perspectiveview of the cap.

The stand contemplated in this invention comprises essentially a tubularpost or standard 1 of any desired size in diameter and length, and forthe purpose of supporting said post or standard, the lower end thereofis exteriorly threaded, as shown at 2, and screwed into an interiorlythreaded socket 3 which forms part of the supporting base, the basefurther comprising an outer rim or annulus 4 which is connected to theinner socket 3 by means of a series of spokes or arms 5. The base thusconstructed may be of any desired size or diameter to form an effectivesupport for the stand or rack, as a whole.

Fitted detachably into the upper end of the tubular post or standard 1is a flanged cap comprising a plug portion 6 which fits into the upperend of the post, as shown in Fig. 2, and has a flange 7 at its upper endwhich bears against the upper end. of the post. The cap is provided witha'plurality of openings 8 extending therethrough and adapted to receivethe angular or down-bent ends 9 of a plurality of upper arms 10, which,when in place, extend radially outward from the top of the post, asshown in Figs. 1 and 2.

The tubular post or standard 1 is further provided with a multiplicityof openings 11 of a size adapted to receive supporting arms 12, each ofwhich is preferably composed of a stout rod of suitable length to extendthe desired distance outward horizontally from the post, said rod havingits inner end bent into semi-circular shape to form a crook 13, theextremity of which is adapted to be inserted through any one of theopenings 11 in the side of the tubular post or standard, after which thearm with its crook may be manipulated or turned in such manner as tocause the extremity 14 of the crook to bear against the same side of thepost that the body of the arm 12 passes through, the extremity 14touching the inner wall of the post immediately over the hole 11 throughwhich said arm passes, while the bend or central portion 15 of the crockbears against the opposite inner wall of the tubular standard, asclearly shown in Fig. 2. In this way, a perfect support is given to eachof the radiating arms 12, each arm being sustained firmly in ahorizontal position. At the same time, the arms may be readily removedfrom the post by working the crooked ends thereof out of the o eningsthrough which they have 'pre vious y been inserted. If desired, theparts may be so proportioned that the arms 12 may be detached from thepost and all of them inserted in the tubular post or standard which maythereafter be closed by means of the cap at the top thereof.

The display stand or rack hereinabove described may be economicallymanufactured and is neat and attractive in appearance, besides beingperfectly practical for the purpose for which it is desired.

I claim:

1. A display stand comprising a tubular stand having openings along theside thereof, and a plurality of supporting arms having semi-circularcrooks at one end insertible through the openings in the side of thestandard and adapted to bear against the inner wall of said standard tosupport the arms horizontally or substantially so.

2. A display stand comprising a tubular standard provided with holes inthe side thereof, and a plurality of supporting arms each consisting ofa rod provided at one end with a crook removably inserted through one ofthe holes in the side of the standard, said crook forming two bearingpoints within and against the opposite inner side Walls of the standardto support the arm in a substantially horizontal position.

3. A display stand comprising a tubular stand and a supporting basetherefor, a cap fitted into the upper end of the tubular standard andprovided With holes eXtend ing vertically therethrough, and supportingarms arranged to extend in a substantially horizontal plane and havingangular extremities inserted in the holes of the cap.

4. In a display stand or rack comprising a tubular post or standardprovided With holes along the side thereof, a supporting base to whichsaid post is detachably connected, a series of supporting arms eachhaving a CHARLES SMITH BOTSFORI).

Witnesses GEO. S. KELsEY, CHAS. J. H. YELVERTON.

